alcahueta
[alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a]
The verdict
“alcahueta” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #83,597 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #83,597
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alcahotar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcahueta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcahueta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alcahueta is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,597 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
alcahueta has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alcahueta, spelled A-L-C-A-H-U-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alcahotar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de alcahotar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alcahueta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-H-U-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.